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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Sake

Maybe you will attain some result. But we do not practice for sake of the wonderful result we will have. But it does not mean that zazen practice has no advantage. It has some -- it will result in something good for you, actually [laughs]. But we do not practice it for sake of the result we will have. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-12-17b speaking on Dogen's Gakudo-yojin-shu as found on shunryusuzuki.comEdited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts..